Oh, my.
Karzai is surrounded by US Special Forces troops, too. Armed Special Forces troops, with guns which point every-which-way. Out, and in.
(Why, you ask? Can't find enough Afghans to trust to protect him, huh?)
I'd say a lot of things, too. I'd confess to anything, I'd see anything, I'd say anything if my life and job depended upon it. And maybe that's why they can't find enough Afghans to protect him. He says things.
On the other hand, Powell has a tough time over there. No one, not a sould, could do much else.
Arf